Refrigerator.



J. H. DAGG.

REFBIGEBATOB.

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J. H. meel BEBBIGERATOR. APPLICATION FILED IEB.'25, 1910.

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y siding j JAMES H. DAGG, OF HOPKINSVLLE, KENTUCKY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled February 25, 1910. Serial No. 545,920.

'To all 'whom 'it 'may` concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES. H. DAGG, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, re-

at Hopkinsville, in the county of Christian and State of Kentucky, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

rlhis invention relates to refrigerators, and it has for its object torovide a refrigerator of simple and dura le construction in which an icechamber of exceptionally large capacity shall be provided and in whichthe provision chamber shall be directly connected with the icecompartment lwithout any intervening walls or partitions,

thus exposing the provisions to the direct cooling action of therefrigerant.

A further object of the invention is to simplify' and improve theconstruction of the ice compartment and to equip said compartment with ahingedly supported door having a chute connected therewith, said chuteserving also as an ice-supporting device. v

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein'exhibited,

' ut that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theinvention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings- Figure is a frontA elevation of a refrigeratorconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view taken through the ice chamber. Fig. 3 is a view, showingthe vrefrlgerator casing in elevation with the doors of the icecompartment and the proare denoted by vision chamber removed. Fig. 4 isa horizontal sectional view.

Correspondin parts in the several figures like characters of reference.The casin of the improved refrigerator includes the ottom 1, top 2, sidewalls, 3, 3 and back wall 4, each of which is formed with the customaryinternal spaces 5 which or which when desired may be filled with packingmaterial of a non-heat-conducting nature. Such packing material has notbeen shown, as it is well known in the art, and it forms no necessarypart of the invention. The front of the casin is provided with a stile 6extendingfrom t e top to the bottom, and said stile in connection withthe back 4 and one of the side walls, 3, serves to support the shelves 7within that part of the casing which constitutes the provision chamber.A door 9, which is hingedly supported upon one of the corner posts 10 ofthe casing, affords access to the provision chamber.

The door 11 of the ice compartment whichconsists of the entire interiorspace adjacent to the portion occupied by the shelves 7, is hingedly thecasing adjacent to the front edge of said bottom. The door 11, which isthus adapted to swing outward at its upper end, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 2, is provided with an ice-sup orting shelf 12 adjacenttoits lower en said shelf being provided at its inner end with anupstanding flange 13 and at its side edges with upstanding flanges 14.The door 11 is provided with a lining I15 of sheet metal which ispreferably integral with or suitably Iconnected with the shelf 12, saidlining being provided with side flanges 16 sald side flanges beinpreferably` tapered or wedgeshaped, as est seen in Fig. 2, and connectedat their lower `ends with the side combines with the side flan es 16 and14 connected with the bottom 1 of Patenten Jan. ai, ieri. i i' toconstitute a chute upon w ich blocks of j ice when the door is open maybe placed for the purpose of guidin them into supported position uponthe she f 12 where they may be stacked one upon the other until asuitable quantity has been accumulated. The door 11 is provided with ahingedly attached prop 17 which, when the door 1s swung open, willgravitate. to a position where 1t will support the door in an inclinedposition for the convenient placing of ice in position, or the chippingof ice from block. The side flanges 14 may be connected with the dooradjacent to the upper edge of the latter by means ofbrace members 18consisting of rods and each including a turn buckle 19 for the purposeof reinforcing and strengthening the shelf so that it will support aconsiderable load of ice without inmay be utilized simply as dead airspaces jury.

The shelf 12 is preferably perforated, as shown at 20, -and means suchas a drip pipe 2l is provided for permitting the drippings of the ice tobe drained from the bottom of 'said compartment is exposed to theprovision chamber so that provisions supported upon the shelves will b edirectly subject to the cooling influence of the ice. Ice may also bechipped from' an one ofthe blocks, said blocks vbeing accessi. lethrough the door of the provision chamber Without necessity of openingthe door of the ice compartment, except for the purpose'of placing icetherein.

It is obvious that a refrigerator constructed as herein described, isnot only simple,

i easily ventilated and capacious, but it will also be seen that the icecompartment -and 'its contents are readily accessible and that thegeneral construction is simple and etlicient for the purpose for whichit is provided. y,

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

In a refrigerator, a casing, a door hingedly connected with the bottomof the casing and adapted to be tilted outward at its upper end, a chuteincluding an ice-supporting shelf upon said door, side ianges upon theshelf, and brace members including turn buckles connecting the sideflanges with the up er end of the door.

n testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES H. DAGG.

Witnesses:

JoHN I. WALLER, HENRY GRUBBs

